Credit-cabinet.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

B. D. SELL.

CREDIT CABINET.

, APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 1905.

9 w w m w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 I EDMUND .1). SELL, oFoANTonomo.

' CREDIT-CABINET.

- Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed November 9, 1906. Serial No. 286.482-

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, -EDMUND D. SELL, a citizen of the United States,residingat Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Credit-Cabinets;and I do ereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to t eannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, in

which 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a case and illustrating anumber of credit-shps holding drawers or trays in normal position, alsoshowing one drawer or tray entirely removed and dropped into an inclinedposition, and also showing a drawer or tray partially removed, but notdropped into an inclined position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionshowing a portion of one of the drawers or trays and its sliding head.Fig. 3 is a bottom or under side view of one of. the drawers or traysconnecting heads. Fi 4 is a section of one of the center notched strlpsand a portion of the grooved partition. Fig. 5 is a section taken online A A, Fig. 3.

The present invention has relation to a credit-cabinet; and it consistsin the novel construction and arran ement hereinafter described, andparticular y pointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the end or vertical membersof the case, a

and 2 a center partition, which end members and partition are providedwith grooves 3, said grooves being illustrated only 1n the partition 2;but it Wlll be understood that similar grooves are to be formedin theinner faces of the end members 1,'which grooves are for the purpose ofreceiving the flanges 4, formed upon the drawers or trays 5, and theflanges 6, formed upon the sliding heads 7.

For the purpose of preventing any-lateral displacement of the variousheads 7 the downward-extended flanges 8 are provided, which downwardextended flanges abut against the inner faces of the end members 1 andthe faces of the partitions 2. The flanges 6 are preferably formed of adouble thickness of metal by folding the metal of the head 7, as bestillustrated in Fig. 5; but of course the flange Sis bent at right anglesto flange 6.

The drawersor trays 5 and the heads 7 are pivotally connected togetheror hinged by the ordinary hinges 9 and are so connected to gether forthe purpose hereinafter described. The drawers or trays 5 are of coursefor the purpose of holding any desired number of credit-slips.

For the urpose of reventing any accidental disp acement of the slipsafter they have been placed in the drawer the springclips 10 areprovided, which s ring-clips may be formed of a single piece 0 wire andconnected to the head 7, preferably by passing the ends of the wirethrough alternating loops 1 1 or in any other convenient and wellknownmanner, as the only object to be accomplished is to securely connect theclips to the heads 7. The drawers or trays 5 are normally located in thecase proper, as illustrated, upon the right-hand side of Fig. 1 and areprovided with the pulls 12. When it is desired to bring a given trayinto position to insert or remove a credit-slip, the drawer or tray ispulled outward, preferably as far as it is designed to be removed, thehead 7 following the movement of the tray or drawer until the inbentflanges 13 strike or come in contact with the inner faces of the notchedstrips 14, which notched strips are provided with the notches 15.trayhas been removed outward to its extreme limit it is free to turnupon its hinged connection, as between said tray and the head 7 so thatthe drawer or tray can assume the position illustrated in Fig. 1 whichposition is the one most desirable for removing or insertingcredit-slips. When any given tray is lowered into the positionillustrated in Fig. 1 or in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the clip 10 will bespaced from the bottom of the. tray, thereby freeing thecredit-slips orother articles that maybe placed in the drawers or trays. Therearward-extended tang 16 is provided, which rearward-extended tanstrikes the under side of the sliding hea 7, as illustrated in dottedlines, Fig. 2. The tang 16 is also for the urpose of sto ping thedrawers or trays 5 w en they are rought into pro er alinement withreference to the heads 7 y reason of said tangs striking against the topof the plate 17. The tang 16 and the plate 17 are properly formed bycutting a portion of the metal from the drawers or trays 5 and the heads7 and bending the metal so cut into the position illustrated in thedrawings; but of course it will be understood that said parts After thegiven drawer or are to be left integral with the parts from which theyare cut and should only becut uponthe sides and one end of each of saidparts.

For the purpose of forming. the strips or face-plates 14 of thinmaterial and 'at the same time givin said stri s the desired amount ofstrengt they are ormed by connecting to ether thin strips of wood, asillustrated in igI 4. If for any pur ose it is desired to lift thecredit-slips at t eir forward ends so as to bring them in properposition to be removed, the drawers ortrays 5 are providedwith'apertures 18, which apertures are of a sufiicient size to permitthe finger of'a hand to be placed through said apertures and elevate theslips.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a credit-cabinet, a case, the vertical members provided withgrooves, drawers provided with flanges, and the flanges adapted to beseated in the grooves of the vertical members of the case, sliding headsprovided with fian es adapted to be seated in the grooves 0% thevertical members of the case, said drawers hin ed to the heads,stop-flanges formed upon theIreads, notched strips secured to thecasing, said stop-flanges of the heads adapted to engage the strips, andclips secured to the heads and extended forward and over the drawers,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a credit-cabinet, a case, a series of drawers slidably mountedtherein,' a series of sliding heads movable with the drawers, saiddrawers provided with rearward-extended tangs, la'tes adapted to engagethe rearwardexten ed tangs of the drawers, said tangs adapted to limitthe downward movement of the drawers, and clips fixedly attached to theheads, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' 3. In a credit-cabinet, a case, a series of drawers slidabl mountedtherein, notched the case, heads pivotally connected to the drawers,said -heads provided wit stopflanges adapted to en age the notchedstrips, apertures formed in t e bottom of the drawstrips formed 0 thinmaterial and secured to ers, and clips secured to the heads, and extended over the drawers, and means for limiting the pivotal movement ofthe drawers when extended, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND D. SELL;

